I am using SN74CB3T16210 chip in my design, some 8 bits are unused(free) pins, can those signals be left as NC or it should be connected to Ground or VCC.
Please let me know your suggestions.
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I am using SN74CB3T16210 chip in my design, some 8 bits are unused(free) pins, can those signals be left as NC or it should be connected to Ground or VCC.
Please let me know your suggestions.
Since these are simple switches you can float them. However if it was me I would tie them to together and tie them to gnd through a pull down. This may help prevent EMI type noise.
Thankyou for your support.
Can you let me know how the voltage translation happens for the same chip (SN74CB3T16210) i.e input output detection.
I found an example of translation using the CB3T in this app note. page 28
Hi Chris,
We have checked the page28 example, here they are using pullup resistor in the output signals? what for these resistors?
In our design we are planning to use this device for 2.5V to 3.3V conversion with VCC=3.3V. So is it must to add pull resistor in the 3.3V side for all the IO pins?
Regards,
Pradap
The resistors are needed if you are going both directions.
If you are only going one direction and Vcc is 3.3V then the resistors are not needed.
Hi Chris,
Thankyou for your reply. We are using this device for single direction conversion only (2.5V input to 3.3V output signals).
But I asked this question because 11th page app note tells like below,
"One important consideration is that the bus switch can be used only for down translation, i.e., high to low level. For low- to high-level translation, additional components (for example, pullup resistors) are required."
Regards,
Pradap
Since your input is less than 1V below Vcc It will translate up to Vcc. So you are Ok.